Department of Environment and Resource Management
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- Statewide Land Cover and Trees Study
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The Land cover change in Queensland 2007–08 report has been released and covers the first full annual period since the Queensland Government ended broadscale remnant clearing on 31 December 2006. The report shows an annual woody vegetation clearing rate of 123 000 hectares per year which is a 48 per cent decrease in clearing across the State.
- Sustainable Planning Act
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From 18 December the Sustainable Planning Act has replaced the Integrated Planning Act.
This website is being progressively updated to reflect this change.
References to the Integrated Planning Act 1997 should be read, if the context allows, as a reference to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009
- Koala response strategy
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The State government acknowledges the immediate action that must be undertaken to halt the decline in the South East Queensland (SEQ) koala population.
- Vehicle Offset Contribution Scheme (VOCS)
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The Queensland Government has allocated up to $4.5 million toward its new Vehicle Offsets Contribution Scheme, which enables Queensland motorists to offset their vehicle's greenhouse gas emissions.
- Great Barrier Reef Protection Amendment Act 2009
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The Great Barrier Reef Protection Amendment Act 2009 introduces regulations to improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef. It targets sugarcane growing and cattle grazing properties in the Burdekin Dry Tropics, Wet Tropics and Mackay Whitsundays catchments in North Queensland.
- New laws for clearing regrowth vegetation
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The moratorium on clearing high-value regrowth ended on 7 October 2009. The new arrangements take effect from 8 October 2009 and provide a consistent framework for protecting high-value regrowth vegetation across freehold, Indigenous and leasehold land.
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Last updated: 08 February 2010